| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2020 |
  |   |   |   |   |   |
| Subject | | | | | | | |
| Population | Evolution of the population | Total population | | 59 113.5 | 59 321.69 | 59 553.76 | 59 834.3 | | .. |
Population growth rates | | 0.3862 | 0.3522 | 0.3912 | 0.4711 | | .. |
Total fertility rates | | 1.63 | 1.6376 | 1.7111 | 1.76 | .. | .. |
Ageing societies | Ratio of population aged 65 and over to the total population | | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16.0254 | 19.4628 |
Ratio of inactive population aged 65 and over to the total labour force | | .. | .. | .. | .. | 30.8156 | 38.1685 |
| Macroeconomic trends | Size of GDP | Gross domestic product | | 1 601.5184 | 1 719.0282 | 1 779.0787 | 1 901.5657 | 1 978.7561 | .. |
GDP per capita | | 27 092.4899 | 28 977.9202 | 29 873.3708 | 31 780.1574 | 32 859.8771 | .. |
Volume index of GDP per capita | | 104.8354 | 106.6173 | 109.0328 | 112.0616 | 113.4112 | .. |
National income per capita | Gross national income per capita | | 27 318.7437 | 29 560.1493 | 30 482.5713 | 32 470.2558 | 33 637.2681 | .. |
Evolution of GDP | Real GDP growth | | 2.3523 | 2.0593 | 2.6655 | 3.2628 | 1.8521 | .. |
Household saving | Household net saving rates | | 1.9707 | 0.4543 | 0.6777 | -0.6716 | -0.137 | .. |
Investment rates | Gross fixed capital formation | | 16.5972 | 16.5456 | 16.0994 | 16.5309 | 16.7768 | .. |
Gross fixed capital formation: machinery and equipment | | 7.5399 | 6.9371 | 6.2386 | 6.0511 | 5.8688 | .. |
Gross fixed capital formation: housing | | 2.9896 | 3.2895 | 3.4641 | 3.7652 | 3.9593 | .. |
Inflation | GDP deflator | | 2.187 | 3.0711 | 3.1181 | 2.617 | 2.1817 | .. |
Steel production | Steel production | | 12.156 | 10.5 | 12 | 12.4 | 11.9 | .. |
Labour productivity | GDP per hour worked | | 1.2025 | 2.2933 | 2.6617 | 2.371 | 0.6061 | .. |
Multi-factor productivity | Multi-factor productivity | | 0.6064 | 1.4406 | 1.9262 | .. | .. | .. |
Value added by activity | Value added in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing | | 0.9345 | 0.9489 | 0.973 | 0.9433 | 0.8995 | .. |
Value added in industry, including energy | | 20.6163 | 19.0137 | 17.7359 | 17.0372 | 17.4348 | .. |
Value added in construction | | 5.5548 | 5.6638 | 5.8059 | 5.9166 | 5.7899 | .. |
Value added in in transport, trade, hotels and restaurants | | 22.7568 | 22.2343 | 22.0772 | 21.9196 | 21.5975 | .. |
Value added in banks, insurance, real estate and other business services | | 28.2158 | 29.9607 | 30.9058 | 31.4818 | 31.6559 | .. |
Value added in government, health, education and other personal services | | 21.9218 | 22.1773 | 22.5023 | 22.7014 | 22.6227 | .. |
Evolution of value added by activity | Real value added in agriculture, forestry and fishing | | -9.37 | 12.2903 | -2.0601 | -1.0268 | 2.2965 | .. |
Real value added in industry | | -0.632 | -0.6958 | 0.8686 | 1.5727 | -0.9431 | .. |
Real value added in services | | 3.5627 | 2.6342 | 3.6525 | 4.3917 | 3.2601 | .. |
Small and medium-sized enterprises | Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with less than 20 employees | | 15.1697 | 15.9682 | 16.2881 | .. | .. | .. |
Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with 20 or more employees | | 84.8303 | 84.0318 | 83.7119 | .. | .. | .. |
Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with less than 10 employees | | 8.3371 | 8.7587 | 9.2423 | .. | .. | .. |
Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with 10-19 employees | | 6.8326 | 7.2095 | 7.0458 | .. | .. | .. |
Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with 20-49 employees | | 11.5235 | 12.0019 | 11.8125 | .. | .. | .. |
Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with 50-249 employees | | 26.4698 | 26.7108 | 26.1441 | .. | .. | .. |
Employment in manufacturing in enterprises with 250 or more employees | | 46.837 | 45.3191 | 45.7552 | .. | .. | .. |
Number of enterprises in manufacturing with less than 20 employees | | 83.8506 | 83.7474 | 84.7221 | .. | .. | .. |
Number of enterprises in manufacturing with 20 or more employees | | 16.1494 | 16.2526 | 15.2779 | .. | .. | .. |
Number of enterprises in manufacturing with less than 10 employees | | 71.6925 | 71.2673 | 72.9434 | .. | .. | .. |
Number of enterprises in manufacturing with 10-19 employees | | 12.1581 | 12.4801 | 11.7787 | .. | .. | .. |
Number of enterprises in manufacturing with 20-49 employees | | 8.7947 | 8.9715 | 8.4688 | .. | .. | .. |
Number of enterprises in manufacturing with 50-249 employees | | 5.8912 | 5.9062 | 5.4737 | .. | .. | .. |
Number of enterprises in manufacturing with 250 or more employees | | 1.4636 | 1.3748 | 1.3355 | .. | .. | .. |
| Economic globalisation | Share of trade in GDP | Trade in goods and services | | 28.74 | 27.8373 | 27.0306 | 26.8741 | 28.2582 | .. |
Trade in goods | Trade balance: exports of goods minus imports of goods | | -65.3799 | -78.7776 | -85.8064 | -113.0726 | -131.4172 | .. |
Imports of goods | | 337.9581 | 359.4082 | 393.5073 | 461.3194 | 515.7822 | .. |
Exports of goods | | 272.5782 | 280.6306 | 307.7009 | 348.2468 | 384.365 | .. |
Trade in services | Services trade balance: exports of services minus imports of services | | 20.8043 | 24.8628 | 31.2586 | 47.5248 | 42.5524 | .. |
Imports of services | | 100.25 | 110.1413 | 127.2905 | 150.0297 | 160.4354 | .. |
Exports of services | | 121.0543 | 135.0041 | 158.5491 | 197.5545 | 202.9878 | .. |
Trading partners | Partner countries and regions of OECD merchandise trade | | 5.5487 | 5.402 | 5.366 | 5.0504 | 4.8303 | .. |
Partner countries and regions of OECD merchandise imports | | 4.8136 | 4.6131 | 4.4777 | 4.148 | 4.0172 | .. |
Partner countries and regions of OECD merchandise exports | | 6.3425 | 6.2503 | 6.3272 | 6.0288 | 5.7338 | .. |
Balance of payments | Current account balance of payments | | -2.1962 | -1.5761 | -1.3443 | -1.6441 | -2.2365 | .. |
FDI flows and stocks | Outward FDI stocks | | 869 700.4512 | 994 135.6748 | 1 187 045.0176 | 1 268 532.2708 | .. | .. |
Inward FDI stocks | | 506 685.6368 | 523 319.224 | 606 157.2925 | 707 923.9569 | .. | .. |
Inflows of foreign direct investment | | 52 650.1512 | 24 051.9052 | 16 845.9016 | 56 253.2063 | 164 499.182 | .. |
Outflows of foreign direct investment | | 58 885.2081 | 50 346.5347 | 66 439 | 94 928.5453 | 101 079.8037 | .. |
Activities of multinationals | Employment in affiliates under foreign control, share of employment in manufacturing | | 24.0257 | 24.6192 | 26.1203 | 26.595 | .. | .. |
Employment in affiliates under foreign control, share of employment in services |  | .. | .. | 11.6021 | 12.0498 | .. | .. |
| Prices | Consumer Price Indices (CPI) | CPI: all items | | 101.8209 | 103.4851 | 106.5002 | 109.6574 | 112.7606 | .. |
CPI: food | | 103.3126 | 104.0507 | 105.3641 | 106.0034 | 107.2877 | .. |
CPI: energy | | 97.4022 | 97.0165 | 99.8317 | 106.0804 | 117.6911 | .. |
Producer Price Indices (PPI) | PPI: manufacturing | | 99.725 | 99.7667 | 101.2583 | 103.775 | 106.6667 | .. |
Long-term interest rates | Long-term interest rates | | 4.9358 | 4.905 | 4.52 | 4.8725 | 4.4125 | .. |
Rates of conversion | Purchasing power parities | | 0.6225 | 0.6101 | 0.6241 | 0.6187 | 0.6188 | .. |
Exchange rates | | 0.6943 | 0.6665 | 0.6123 | 0.5458 | 0.5501 | .. |
Indices of price levels | | 99.7804 | 101.2172 | 104.5019 | 110.9174 | 110.3701 | .. |
Effective exchange rates | Nominal effective exchange rates | | 98.9889 | 100.1525 | 96.343 | 100.8049 | 99.339 | .. |
Relative consumer price indices | | 97.96 | 98.53 | 95.49 | 100.69 | 99.71 | .. |
Relative unit labour costs in manufacturing | | 96.9247 | 100.8807 | 96.5697 | 101.0929 | 101.4107 | .. |
| Energy | Energy supply | Total primary energy supply | | 234.57 | 228.51 | 232.27 | 233.69 | 230.75 | .. |
Energy supply and economic growth | Total primary energy supply per unit of GDP | | 0.152 | 0.145 | 0.144 | 0.141 | 0.136 | .. |
Energy supply per capita | Total primary energy supply per capita | | 3.968 | 3.852 | 3.9 | 3.906 | 3.84 | .. |
Electricity generation | Electricity generation | | 382.53 | 384.71 | 395.94 | 393.2 | 396.56 | .. |
Renewable energy | Contribution of renewables to energy supply | | 1.1041 | 1.2603 | 1.3691 | 1.5747 | 1.7941 | .. |
Energy production | Total production of energy | | 261.99 | 257.95 | 246.4 | 225.21 | 204.46 | .. |
Oil production | Production of crude oil | | 116.81 | 116.07 | 106.19 | 95.49 | 84.63 | .. |
Oil prices | Crude oil import prices | | 24.45 | 24.58 | 29.13 | 37.75 | 53.79 | .. |
| Labour market | Employment rates by gender | Employment rates: total | | 72.4658 | 72.3218 | 72.5668 | 72.67 | 72.6107 | .. |
Employment rates: men | | 79.0809 | 78.5652 | 78.9309 | 78.9431 | 78.6024 | .. |
Employment rates: women | | 66.0291 | 66.2523 | 66.3818 | 66.5798 | 66.8015 | .. |
Employment rates by age group | Employment rates for age group 15-24 | | 61.0495 | 60.9336 | 59.6919 | 60.0721 | 58.1029 | .. |
Employment rates for age group 25-54 | | 80.4747 | 80.3404 | 80.7049 | 80.7484 | 81.1461 | .. |
Employment rates for age group 55-64 | | 52.1368 | 53.1313 | 55.422 | 56.1694 | 56.8185 | .. |
Part-time employment | Incidence of part-time employment | | 22.6597 | 23.4237 | 23.7988 | 24.1277 | 23.6389 | .. |
Self-employment | Self-employment rates: total | | 12.7618 | 12.722 | 13.2091 | 13.6218 | 13.5042 | .. |
Self-employment rates: men | | 17.0101 | 16.9895 | 17.5695 | 18.2672 | 18.1879 | .. |
Self-employment rates: women | | 7.8094 | 7.7996 | 8.1593 | 8.2741 | 8.1542 | .. |
Hours worked | Average hours actually worked | | 1 711 | 1 692 | 1 683 | 1 669 | 1 672 | .. |
Unemployment rates | Unemployment rates: total | | 5.0067 | 5.1096 | 4.9432 | 4.6666 | 4.7554 | .. |
Unemployment rates: men | | 5.5269 | 5.6298 | 5.48 | 5.0488 | 5.1315 | .. |
Unemployment rates: women | | 4.3887 | 4.496 | 4.3095 | 4.2189 | 4.3175 | .. |
Long-term unemployment | Long-term unemployment | | 27.7526 | 22.8771 | 22.7764 | 21.4231 | 22.3547 | .. |
| Science and technology | Expenditure on R&D | Gross domestic expenditure on R&D | | 1.87 | 1.89 | 1.88 | .. | .. | .. |
Patents | Number of triadic patent families | | 2 073.619 | 2 013.5669 | 2 023.7213 | .. | .. | .. |
Size of the ICT sector | Share of ICT manufacturing in total manufacturing value added | | .. | .. | 3.9527 | .. | .. | .. |
Percentage point change in the share of ICT manufacturing in total manufacturing value added between 1995 and 2003 | | .. | .. | 7.8987 | .. | .. | .. |
Share of telecommunication services in total business services value added | | .. | .. | 1.6008 | .. | .. | .. |
Share of other ICT services in total business services value added | | .. | .. | 6.7028 | .. | .. | .. |
Percentage point change in the share of ICT services in total business services value added between 1995 and 2003 | | .. | .. | -1.6335 | .. | .. | .. |
Investment in ICT | Shares of ICT investment in non-residential fixed capital formation | | 23.3595 | 22.0409 | 21.784 | .. | .. | .. |
Computer and internet access by households | Percnetage of households with access to home computers | | 49 | 57.93 | 63.2193 | 65.2553 | 70.0029 | .. |
Percnetage of households with access to the internet | | 40 | 49.72 | 55.11 | 55.899 | 60.2317 | .. |
Exports of information and communications equipment | Exports of ICT equipment | | 53 396.3668 | 44 348.8726 | 39 962.4306 | 39 557.8894 | 59 755.3254 | .. |
Telephone access | Telephone access | | 135.6436 | 141.3557 | 144.6301 | 155.3388 | .. | .. |
| Environment | Water consumption | Total gross water abstractions | | .. | .. | .. | 13 648.797 | .. | .. |
Per capita water abstractions | | .. | .. | .. | 250 | .. | .. |
Fisheries | Fish landings in domestic and foreign ports | | 737.8014 | 685.436 | 631 | 653 | .. | .. |
Aquaculture | | 150 | 150 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Emissions of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) | CO2 emissions from energy use | | 537.86 | 522.16 | 534.3 | 537.05 | .. | .. |
Municipal waste | Total amount generated of municipal waste | | .. | .. | 36 840.7143 | .. | .. | .. |
Generation intensities of municipal waste | | .. | .. | 610 | .. | .. | .. |
| Education | Tertiary attainment | Tertiary attainment for age group 25-64 | | 26.0969 | 26.8607 | 27.9886 | 29.0178 | .. | .. |
Tertiary attainment for age group 25-34 | | 29.4649 | 31.2079 | 33.1045 | 34.6477 | .. | .. |
Tertiary attainment for age group 55-64 | | 19.1114 | 19.779 | 20.8074 | 22.6448 | .. | .. |
Expenditure on tertiary education | Expenditure in tertiary education | | .. | .. | 120.2444 | .. | .. | .. |
Number of students in tertiary education | | .. | .. | 120.0836 | .. | .. | .. |
Expenditure per student in tertiary education | | .. | .. | 100.1339 | .. | .. | .. |
Expenditure per student in tertiary education: 2003 constant prices | | .. | .. | 11 865.6021 | .. | .. | .. |
Public and private education expenditure | Public expenditure on educational institutions for all levels of education | | .. | .. | 5.1199 | .. | .. | .. |
Private expenditure on educational institutions for all levels of education | | .. | .. | 0.9684 | .. | .. | .. |
Total expenditure on educational institutions for all levels of education | | .. | .. | 6.0884 | .. | .. | .. |
| Public finance | Government deficits | Government net borrowing/net lending | | 0.8787 | -1.7479 | -3.3621 | -3.298 | -3.3621 | .. |
Government debt | General government gross financial liabilities | | 41.0258 | 41.264 | 41.7723 | 43.7486 | 46.6743 | .. |
Social expenditure | Public social expenditure | | 20.1219 | 20.1375 | 20.1447 | .. | .. | .. |
Law, order and defence expenditure | Law, order and defence expenditure | | 5.3982 | 5.3803 | 5.5651 | 5.5354 | .. | .. |
Government support for fishing | Government financial transfers for fishing | | 73 737.6812 | .. | 82 691 | 87 487 | .. | .. |
Official development assistance | Net official development assistance | | 0.3199 | 0.3087 | 0.3434 | 0.3617 | 0.4725 | .. |
Total tax revenue | Total tax revenue | | 37.0144 | 35.4841 | 35.4097 | 36.0096 | 37.162 | .. |
Taxes on income and profits | | 14.6877 | 13.5294 | 12.9814 | 13.2398 | 14.2878 | .. |
Taxes on goods and services | | 11.5699 | 11.5146 | 11.6064 | 11.5207 | 11.2465 | .. |
Taxes on the average worker | Taxes on the average worker | | 31.7951 | 31.8765 | 33.3349 | 33.3771 | 33.5242 | .. |
| Quality of life | Life expectancy | Life expectancy at birth: total | | 78.1 | 78.2 | 78.5 | .. | .. | .. |
Life expectancy at birth: men | | 75.7 | 75.9 | 76.2 | .. | .. | .. |
Life expectancy at birth: women | | 80.4 | 80.5 | 80.7 | .. | .. | .. |
Infant mortality | Infant mortality | | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.1 | .. | .. |
Obesity | Overweight population aged 15 or more: females |  | 32.9 | 33.7 | 32.6 | 34.7 | .. | .. |
Obese population aged 15 or more: females |  | 23.5 | 22.8 | 23 | 23.8 | .. | .. |
Overweight and obese population aged 15 or more: females |  | 56.4 | 56.5 | 55.5 | 58.5 | .. | .. |
Overweight population aged 15 or more: males |  | 46.6 | 43.4 | 43.2 | 43.9 | .. | .. |
Obese population aged 15 or more: males |  | 21 | 22.1 | 22.2 | 22.7 | .. | .. |
Overweight and obese population aged 15 or more: males | | 67.6 | 65.5 | 65.4 | 66.5 | .. | .. |
Overweight population aged 15 or more | | 40 | 38 | 38 | 39 | .. | .. |
Obese population aged 15 or more | | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | .. | .. |
Overweight and obese population aged 15 or more | | 62 | 61 | 61 | 63 | .. | .. |
Public and private health expenditure | Public expenditure on health per capita | | .. | .. | .. | 2 164 | .. | .. |
Total expenditure on health per capita | | .. | .. | .. | 2 508 | .. | .. |
Public expenditure on health per capita | | .. | .. | .. | 117 | .. | .. |
Total expenditure on health per capita | | .. | .. | .. | 98 | .. | .. |
Tourism: hotel nights | Arrivals of non-resident tourists in hotels and similar establishments and at borders | | 17 019 | 14 176 | 14 397 | 13 172 | .. | .. |
Recreation and culture | Household expenditure on recreation and culture | | 7.3674 | 7.5443 | 7.6003 | 7.7395 | 7.7146 | .. |
Government expenditure on recreation and culture | | 0.6382 | 0.6164 | 0.5942 | 0.5219 | .. | .. |
Household and government expenditure on recreation and culture | | 8.0056 | 8.1607 | 8.1945 | 8.2613 | .. | .. |
Youth inactivity | Youths aged between 15 and 19 who are not in education nor in employment: males | | 8.3432 | 8.2342 | 9.7266 | 10.1751 | .. | .. |
Youths aged between 15 and 19 who are not in education nor in employment: females | | 7.9718 | 8.937 | 9.1506 | 10.4723 | .. | .. |
Prison population | Prison population rate | | 124.4305 | .. | .. | 138.7169 | .. | .. |
Road network | Length of the motorway network | | 3 610 | 3 611 | 3 611 | 3 657 | 3 657 | .. |
Road motor vehicles and road fatalities | Road motor vehicles | | 515.5561 | 533.2396 | 525.9991 | 543.0351 | 535.8406 | .. |
Road fatalities | | 62.9593 | 63.0937 | 61.6562 | 56.6956 | 55.4129 | .. |
Road fatalities | | 117.096 | 113.3653 | 118.3895 | 109.0038 | 103.413 | .. |
MIGRATION | Trends in inflows of foreign nationals | Inflows of foreign nationals in OECD countries | | 102.2141 | 111.7241 | 124.7778 | 166.2424 | .. | .. |
Inflows of foreign nationals in OECD countries, standardised data | | .. | .. | .. | 302 800 | .. | .. |
Imimigration by category of entry | Immigration by category of entry: work | | .. | .. | .. | 42.4801 | .. | .. |
Immigration by category of entry: accompanying family of wrokers | | .. | .. | .. | 18.7808 | .. | .. |
Immigration by category of entry: family reunification or formation | | .. | .. | .. | 15.1545 | .. | .. |
Immigration by category of entry: humanitarian and accompanying family | | .. | .. | .. | 17.3574 | .. | .. |
Immigration by category of entry: other (ancestry-based, pensioners, etc.) | | .. | .. | .. | 6.2273 | .. | .. |
Immigration by category of entry | | .. | .. | .. | 302 800 | .. | .. |
Inflows of asylum seekers | Inflows of asylum seekers into OECD countries | | 92.6188 | 104.2265 | 60.7149 | 41.0718 | 30.7988 | .. |
Inflows of asylum seekers into OECD countries | | .. | .. | .. | .. | 30 460 | .. |
Trends in migration | Net migration rate | | 2.5 | 2.5 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Immigrant population | Foreign-born population | | .. | .. | .. | 9.2888 | .. | .. |
Foreign population | | .. | .. | .. | 4.9062 | .. | .. |
Employment rates of the foreign- and the native-born | Employment rate of native-born men | | .. | .. | 78.5386 | 78.1077 | .. | .. |
Employment rate of the foreign-born men | | .. | .. | 72.2 | 72.7579 | .. | .. |
Employment rate of the native-born women | | .. | .. | 66.6346 | 66.8621 | .. | .. |
Employment rate of the foreign-born women | | .. | .. | 54.6296 | 54.9854 | .. | .. |
Unemployment rates of the foreign- and the native-born | Unemployment rate of native-born men | | .. | .. | 5.1937 | 4.7228 | .. | .. |
Unemployment rate of the foreign-born men | | .. | .. | 8.1128 | 7.2865 | .. | .. |
Unemployment rate of the native-born women | | .. | .. | 3.8579 | 3.8924 | .. | .. |
Unemployment rate of the foreign-born women | | .. | .. | 6.2911 | 7.3396 | .. | .. |